Israel confirms Poland's pullout from V4; will still host other 3 countries

Israel says on Monday that it would host bilateral meetings with the Czech, Slovak and Hungarian leaders this week after Poland withdrew from a planned five-way summit in Jerusalem in protest at Holocaust rhetoric.

"There will be no full V4 meeting," Emmanuel Nahshon, spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry, said in a text message, using a term for the central European bloc. "Three PM's are arriving and will hold meetings with (Israel's) PM."